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Mandelbaum, Seymour – 1976
There are several difficulties that hinder the planning of regional communications networks: (1) an over-reliance on the federal government to initiate planning; (2) lack of evidence that the investment will produce adequate returns; and (3) a pervasive feeling that the communications industry is necessarily dominated by advertising.…
Descriptors: Communications, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Systems
Pettibone, Timothy J.; Roddy, Mary E. – 1987
An inter-university network of computer centers, the "Because It's Time NETwork" (BITNET), is described. Specific guidelines and format requirements for using BITNET, with sample commands, are presented. More than 1,800 computers at over 600 institutions of higher education and research centers in Europe, Asia, and North America are…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
Fritz, Joseph – 1976
Minicomputer networking can be an alternative solution to the problem of implementing various computer systems in universities. In its simplest case, networking takes the form of multiple small computers communicating over telephone lines to a larger host minicomputer which in turn communicates with the central mainframe. Using computers in this…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Science, Computers, Educational Facilities
Schlafly, Hubert J. – 1976
Advances in communications technology could have allowed the United States to develop an integrated telecommunication distribution system, but the manipulation of regulatory precedents prevented the development and marketing of new facilities. The potential of cable television and broad band broadcasters have been thwarted by such restrictions.…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Communications, Electromechanical Technology, Federal Legislation
Ford, David L., Jr. – 1973
When one engages in organizational diagnosis, it has been suggested that greater understanding of the organization can come through: (1) an identification of all the channels conveying material and information, and (2) a description of the means by which this communication influences the behavior of the organization. A networks/system approach is…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Decision Making, Group Structure, Information Networks
Association for Educational Data Systems, Washington, DC. – 1976
One abstract and sixteen articles on computer networks and information systems guidance programs presented at the Association for Educational Data Systems 1976 convention are included in this document. Computer networks and information systems are discussed in eight articles: four articles describe regional educational information systems, three…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Miura, Seiichiro – 1984
This guide presents a description of a typical citizens' learning network in a small-sized city in Japan, guidelines for establishing and administering a similar network, and a copy of the regulations of the citizens' learning network in Munakata, Japan. Addressed in the first part of the volume are the following topics: the nature and scope of a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Principles, Adult Education, Community Education